01 / LEARN
Learn
Guest speakers, industry presentations, workshops, and career exploration.
- General meetings
- Pilots and aviation professionals
- Workshops and educational sessions
Student Aviation Organization at UW–Madison
Learn.
Learn.
Build.
Fly.
Aviation Club gives UW–Madison students a place to experience aviation for themselves, not just talk about it.
// You don't have to be a pilot.
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What we do
Aviation beyond the classroom.
02 / BUILD
Build
CAD, manufacturing, and aircraft construction on real engineering projects.
- Student-built Sonex aircraft
- Digital design and CNC workflows
- Future technical projects
03 / FLY
Fly
Flight experiences, simulation, airport visits, and aviation events.
- Local flying club connections
- Flight simulator
- Airport and museum trips
Flagship project
Sonex Build
From plans to flight.
Students are building a Sonex A-Model aircraft from donated original plans and aluminum. Along the way we're turning decades-old paper drawings into a modern digital manufacturing workflow: CAD, CNC, sheet metal, avionics, and documentation.
- Plans
- Digital Design
- Manufacturing
- Assembly
- Systems
- Inspection
- Flight Test
- Flight
Membership
You don't have to be a pilot.
Whether you're already a pilot, studying engineering, interested in aviation careers, or simply fascinated by airplanes, there's a place for you in Aviation Club.